Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation; for with a little conscientious research we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology, and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.
My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.
It’s strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.
In a dialogue these things are natural enough, for a few words can be hurriedly said aside, but in an aria, where the words must be repeated, it has a bad effect; and even were this not the case, I should prefer an uninterrupted aria.
Immortal is an ample word When what we need is by But when it leaves us for a time ‘Tis a necessity.
I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as The Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.
I want the concentration and the romance, and the words all glued together, fused, glowing; have no time to waste any more on prose.
I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.
He ate and drank the precious Words — His Spirit grew robust — He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was Dust —
Has the world ever been changed by anything save the thought and its magic vehicle the Word?